I am writing to you all on behalf of the dolphin slaughter in Taiji Japan. LETS STOP THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL! Please sign this petition! Do you really think it is right? Would you like to be taken away from your family? Would you like to watch your family brutally killed on front of you while you are in a pool of their blood? Dolphins are very smart and they know exactly what is going on. The do not get fed when they are captured but left to starve as they await an awful death sentence. These are wild animals that belong in the world’s ocean. One of the dolphins that was recently captured by the killers was a rare white albino dolphin and that dolphin was named by Captain Paul Watson as "Bambi".The whole world now this dolphin as Bambi. This was the dolphin that captured everybody and a lot of children’s hearts. Bambi was taken from his mother’s side while their pod fought for survival. Bambi’s Mother is now Dead. Can’t you see how much distress it causes these poor creatures? This has to stop. Bambi is only a baby and now she is going to be afraid forever by the horrific experience of being torn from her Mother and now Bambi is all alone in a very small pen in Taiji Harbour waiting to be SOLD.

Mexico has become the latest country to join the movement against marine mammals in captivity, with a proposal that would ban keeping marine mammals in captivity for entertainment or commercial breeding purposes.

The measure, proposed by Rep. Merilyn Gomez Wells, cites the psychological stress and physical harm that captivity can cause for dolphins, whales and other marine mammals.

"The dolphinariums appeared in our country in the 70s, since then this business has been protected by the absence of legal rules and currently benefiting from ineffective regulations in this area,” Rep. Gomez Wells told Noticias MVS.

If the measure goes through, Mexico won’t be alone -- India became the largest country to ban the practice last May, following Costa Rica, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Hungary, Slovenia and Switzerland. Other countries like Greece and Belgium have banned performing animal shows, citing poor animal welfare standards in many of them. It’s worth mentioning that the U.S. hasn’t made any legal progress toward banning captive marine mammal shows -- despite having one of the largest numbers of captive dolphins in the world.

No Shit! "But really, just say NO to Monsanto...poisoning the world one crop at a time"

With many whale species still endangered, an international court has ordered Japan to halt its illegal Antarctic whaling expeditions. Tell Japan to respect the International Court of Justice, and end illegal Antarctic whaling today!

The public awareness from documentaries like "Blackfish" prompted the Vancouver park board to look into the dolphins and belugas at their aquarium.

Last night they decided that the cetaceans would remain in the aquarium but there would be no more captive breeding. I have no idea how they plan to enforce this! (maybe vastectomies?) And the researcher they commissioned from the Wildlife Health Centre in California would only call for "more study".

The Vancouver Aquarium recently had a policy vote involving the Parks Board that administers captive cetaceans.

The rub was whether it was appropriate in modern times to continue the scientific study of captured marine mammals and the care physically and scientifically of these animals in distress, brought to the aquarium's door.

It's a powerful argument to offer help. But at what cost going forward to the realities of life, by institutionalizing a free animal that would have died naturally if not for humans help...

A new focus on animal rights and a hard-hitting documentary have begun to take their toll on one of the world’s leading marine theme parks.

Orlando, Fla.-based SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. said on Wednesday that proposed legislation in California resulting from a documentary called Blackfish, which criticizes the theme park’s treatment of killer whales, have hurt attendance and the company’s bottom line. The news sent SeaWorld’s share price down nearly 35 per cent to a record low.

The backlash began shortly after Blackfish premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year and became available on the streaming service Netflix. The film explores the ethics and risks of keeping massive killer whales in captivity. It focuses partly on the death of a SeaWorld trainer named Dawn Brancheau who was standing in shallow water before a crowd when a 12,000-pound Orca named Tilikum grabbed her by the hair and pulled her under water. The same whale was also involved in a trainer’s death in 1991 at the now-defunct Sealand of the Pacific aquarium in B.C.

The documentary spurred California lawmakers to propose a legislative amendment that would ban killer whales like Tilikum from SeaWorld’s shows, as well as impose a number of other restrictions on how they are kept and cared for. It was coverage of this legislation that SeaWorld blamed in part for its attendance woes.

One of my best memories was when i was 10 and went to seaworld. Being so close to those animals took away some of my fear of them. Which helped me later to start surfing. i can't wait to take my 8yro to go to seaworld!
Unless you guys get'em banned. i think it's sad what ur promoting. i think the science, the help, the teaching, the personal connectivity between man and animal that seaworld offers is marvelous!